ISTANBUL — 2022 · Major Tragedy

İstiklal Avenue Bombing

SolvedSources: ALast updated: 14 October 2026

On the afternoon of 13 November 2022, a bomb left beside a bench exploded on İstiklal Avenue, one of Istanbul's busiest pedestrian streets. Six people, two of them children, were killed and 99 injured. Authorities said the attack was planned by the PKK/YPG. In the trial of 36 defendants, the defendant found to have planted the bomb was sentenced to seven terms of aggravated life imprisonment for undermining the unity of the state and the murder of six people; other defendants received various sentences or were released.

Date: 2022
Place: Beyoğlu, Istanbul
Category: Major Tragedy
Case Status: Solved
Coordinates: 41.0340, 28.9780 ↗

Timeline of Events

13 November 2022An explosion on İstiklal Avenue killed 6 and injured 99.
November 2022The suspect accused of planting the bomb was detained the same day.

2023The trial of 36 defendants opened.
2024The bomber received seven aggravated life terms.

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